Countywide action team coordinates Mental Health Awareness activities

Courtesy of the Heart of New Ulm May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and throughout the month, the Heart of New Ulm’s Brown County Mental Health and Wellness Action Team (MHWAT) has been undertaking a variety of activities. In early ...

May 23, 2026

Wanda Gág House launches 2026 season with open house

By: Amy Zents

NEW ULM — The Wanda Gág House held a special open house Thursday evening to launch its 2026 visitor season. If Wanda Gág were alive today, she would be 133 years old. Born in New Ulm on March 11, 1893, she died June 27, 1946, at age ...

May 23, 2026

Jefferson school gardens blossoming

By: Fritz Busch

NEW ULM — Dozens of children giggled with excitement as they walked around the Jefferson Elementary School Outdoor Learning Space, helping celebrate Minnesota School Gardens Week Thursday with parents, school staff and Minnesota Department ...

May 23, 2026

Degner works to start legion program in Nicollet

By: Jim Bastian

NEW ULM — In an effort to build the Minnesota Valley Lutheran baseball program, Chargers head baseball coach Micah Degner said that starting a DII American Legion baseball team that will have a home base in Nicollet is a way to get his ...

May 22, 2026

Knights down Warriors in playoff opener

SLEEPY EYE — Seventh-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s topped 10th-seeded BOLD 6-1 in the opening round of the Section 2A Baseball Tournament on Thursday. Folkens earned the win for the Knights, striking out nine and allowing one run on one hit ...

May 22, 2026

MVL/NUC dominates at subsections

ARLINGTON — Minnesota Valley Lutheran/New Ulm Cathedral had the high scores on both sides of the Section 2A, North Subsection Track and Field Meet on Thursday. The top eight placers in each event advance to the Section 2A Track and Field Meet ...

May 22, 2026